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Part 3
Information and Data Resources
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
Part 3: Information and Data Resources
This part has three sections: a categorical chart of information and data resources
beginning on page 501, the 73 resource descriptions beginning on page 504, and a
subject index to the resource descriptions beginning on page 551.
The categorical chart indicates which of three broad types of descriptors, i.e. file type,
format, and access, characterizes each resource. The descriptions of each of the 73
information and data resources are arranged alphabetically by name of resource; each
is described in terms of source, subject, content, compilation, and access. The subject
index is for identifying information and data resources relevant to particular topics.
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Abstracts of Health Care
Machine-Readable Data Files
ADAMHA Publications and Data
AMA/NET
Baseline Reports
BIOETHICSLINE
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities Reports
BMEDSS
Boston Collaborative
Drug Surveillance Program
BPS/SEARCH
CANCERLIT
CASSIS
CCC Bibliography on Regional
Variations in Health Care
Center for Health
Promotion and Education
CLINPROT
COLLEAGUE
COMPASS, DURbase
Compendium of HHS Evaluations
and Relevant Other Studies
CPHA Files
CRISP
Current Assessments
New Technology Abstracts
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Device Experience Network
DIALOG
Directory of Health Services and
Research Organizations
DIRLINE
Drug Product Problem
Reporting Program
Duke Comprehensive Cancer
Center Database
Environmental Hazards and
Health Effects Reports
Environmental Health
Laboratory Sciences Reports
FDA Bulletin Board
F-D-C Reports
Futures Program
HEALTH
Health Devices Alerts
Health Devices Sourcebook
Health Information Resources
in the Federal Government
HEALTHLAWYER
HECLINET
HIAA Medical
Appropriateness Compilation
High Blood Pressure
Information Center
IMPAC
IMS Audits
International Market
Research Studies
INTERNIST- 1/
QUICK MEDICAL REFERENCE
Market Research Reports
Market/Technology Reports
Medical Device and Laboratory
Product Problem Reporting
Program
Medical Device Register
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MEDLINE
MEDLINK
Multi-Client Reports
NAHDO Resource Manual
NCHS Publications and Data
National Cholesterol Educ Prog/
NHLBI Smoking Educ Prog
Info Ctr
National Reference File
NTIS Publications and Data
NEXIS
NHLBI Publications
Oxford Database of
Perinatal Trials
PDQ
Pharmaprojects
POPLINE
Product Development Directory
Product SOS
Randomized Controlled Clinical
Trials Report Collection
Report on Cost-Effective
Products and Technologies
Scrip
SEER
SPRILINE
Technical Data Center
U.S. Industrial Outlook
WHO/LINFO Database on
Health Technology Assessment
WHO Publications
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Abstracts of Health Care Machine-Readable Data Files
Source: Hospital Data Center, Department of Special Studies, American Hospital
Association (AHA), 840 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, 312-280-6520
Subject: Machine-readable databases related to health care that are national in scope
and are available to users outside the source organizations, with or without restrictions
on use or conditions of release.
Content: The 1986 version contains 137 abstracts of non-bibliographic machine-read-
able files. Each abstract includes the file citation, brief narrative description, descriptors
based on NLM controlled vocabulary MeSH, geographic coverage, time coverage,
technical notes, information about related files, availability, and contact person. The
abstracts are arranged alphabetically by title and are indexed by source and by MeSH.
The 1986 version is an expansion and updating of shorter descriptions of 257 data-
bases contained in the 1984 version. The forthcoming version will be an expansion and
update of the two earlier documents.
Compilation: All versions were compiled by the AHA from survey forms sent to source
organizations. Databases listed include data pertaining to periods later than January 1,
1970.
Access: The 1 986 volume Abstracts of Health Care Machine-Readable Data Files ( 157
pages) is available from the AHA Hospital Data Center; price to be set by AHA. Its
predecessor, the 1984 Inventory of U.S. Health Care Data Bases 1976-1983, was originally
published by HRSA, and is available from NTIS (order HRP0906300LP) for $18.95
plus $3 handling. An updated version, Inventory of Machine-Readable Healthcare Data
Bases will be available in 1988; price to be set by AHA.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Publications
and Data
Source: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), Park-
lawn Building, Room 13C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-3820
Subject: Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health (ADM) disorders.
Content: Publications and data cover statistical, epidemiological and services research
information pertaining to substance abuse and mental health disorders and their public
health implications. Includes ADM client/patient data, research findings on ADM
disorders, facility service and resources information, and financial data. Also available:
directory of organizations involved in ADM research, treatment, and related issues.
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Compilation: Most ADAMHA activities initiated in 1972. Information gathered from
clients in treatment; facilities providing alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health treat-
ment and prevention services in U.S., Puerto Rico, and six territories. Publications
issued periodically.
Access: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA' publi-
cations are available free of charge by contacting individual institutes within
ADAMHA, i.e., National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 301-443-4577, National
Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) 301-443-4515, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 301-443-2954. Studies independently conducted for
use by NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH; IBM-compatible data tapes available from sponsoring
Institute, price to be determined. Sample formats of particular data collections or
surveys are available from sponsoring Institutes.
AMA/NET
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Source: SoftSearch, Inc., 1560 Broadway, Suite 900, Denver, CO 80202, 303-832-
7111, 800-426-2873. Sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Subject: Medicine and health care delivery; designed for health care professionals.
Content: AMA/NET provides the following databases. AP MEDICAL NEWS SERV-
ICE is a compendium of health care-related articles selected from Associated Press
news wires and U.S. newspapers. EMPIRES CURRENT AWARENESS provides ac-
cess to specialty specific citations; contains references to articles from over 300 interna-
tional medical and scientific journals covering some 65 medical specialties and subspe-
cialties. DISEASE INFORMATION is a reference summary of more than 3,500
ct~st~nct diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides synopsis of classic signs and
symptoms as well as laboratory and radiologic findings of the entities. MEDICAL
PR(~(:EDURE CODING & NOMENCLATURE, based on AMA publication Physi-
cians' Current Procedural Terminology includes descriptive terms and billing codes for
more than 6,000 medical procedures and services performed by physicians. SOCIO/
ECONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION contains over 5,500 citations to
documents pertaining to health care delivery and economic issues in medicine.
Also available are electronic communications services, including electronic mail and
bulletin boards; public information services providing direct access to such government
organizations as the Centers for Disease Control, the Surgeon General's Office, and the
National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health; AMA; literature ordering
service providing reprints of articles referenced in either the SOCIO/ECONOMIC
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION or EMPIRES databases; interactive, computer-
based continuing medical education courses developed at the Massachusetts General
Hospital Laboratory of Computer Science.
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Compilation: Databases compiled from journal articles, legislative reports, books, wire
services, and newspapers. AP MEDICAL NEWS SERVICE updated daily; EMPIRES
updated weekly.
Access: Online databases and other services available at any time; accessible via modem
from remote terminal. Subscription required. One-time subscription fee ($30 for AMA
members, $50 for non-members) includes one user name and introductory materials.
Registration fee for each additional user $15. Basic service charge $14/hour peak time;
$10/hour off-peak. Information service charge varies with service used.
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Baseline Reports
Source: Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc., 400-1 Totten Pond Road, Wal-
tham, MA 02154, 617-890-6040
Subject: Diagnosis, treatment, costs, and outcomes of all patients discharged from
acute care hospitals in Massachusetts.
Content: Database covers information on hospital utilization, hospital charges, patient
socio-demographic characteristics, clinical status including principle diagnoses and
procedures, and discharge status. The following types of reports and data sets are
available. Patient origin report sets identify hospital service areas and community
dependency for pediatrics, medical/surgical, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry.
Market position reports analyze market penetration by town, age, and payer. Market
position trend analyses chart market share changes over time by hospital for 24 clinical
specialties. Statewide summary charge data reports rank top 100 diagnosis-related
groups (DRGs) by payers, hospital bed size, patient discharge status, sex, and age.
Hospital-specific charge data reports highlight charges and length of stay by DRGs.
Case mix profiles display a case mix adjustment factor and length-of-stay performance
measures. Per diem charge profiles provide case mix adjusted per diem charges for
Blue Cross and commercially insured patients. Payer mix trend analyses display
changes in payer mix for 24 clinical specialties. Community use rate reports contain
population-based discharge and use rates. DRG outlier and mortality reports include
hospital-specific length of stay, deaths, and outliers by DRG. Data express service
provides custom reports in response to special requests for data or analyses.
Compilation: Information gathered from data tapes supplied by 109 acute care hospi-
tals and two Veterans Administration hospitals in Massachusetts and surrounding
communities. Coverage from 1978 to present; updated annually.
Access: Free catalog of publications available upon request. Report prices range from
$75 to $1,850. Database available online; accessible via modem from remote terminal.
BIOETHICSLINE
Source: Bioethics Information Retrieval Project, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, George-
town University, Washington, DC 20057, 202-687-3885
Subject: Multidisciplinary coverage of the ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of
medicine, health care, and biomedical and behavioral research.
Content: Database includes bibliographic citations to documents relating to euthanasia,
organ donation and transplantation, allocation of health care resources, patients'
rights, codes of professional ethics, in vitro fertilization and other reproductive technol-
ogies, genetic intervention, abortion, behavior control and mental health therapies, and
human experimentation. About 20 percent of citations include abstracts. Approxi-
mately 80 percent of database keywords are mapped to terms in NLM controlled
vocabulary MeSH, making it possible to search BIOETHICSLINE using MeSH. See
MEDLINE description for listing of NLM MEDLARS databases.
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INFORMATION AND DATA RESOURCES
Compilation: Compiled from journal articles, monographs, newspaper articles, court
decisions, bills, laws, audiovisual materials, and unpublished documents. Coverage
from 1973 to present. Updated bimonthly with approximately 2,000 citations added
annually.
Access: Available online at any time through NLM MEDLARS computer system to
more than 6,000 online centers in hospitals, medical schools, universities, government
agencies, commercial firms, and other organizations throughout U.S., as well as MED-
LARS centers located in 13 other countries. Also accessible via modem from remote
terminal through TELENET, TYMNET, direct dial. To contact MEDLARS Manage-
ment Division call 800-638-8480 or 301-496-6193 in Maryland. Call source for search
strategies and further information about Bibliography of Bioethics and related services.
Connect cost averages $22/hour peak time, $15/hour off-peak.
Individual searches available free of charge from the affiliated National Reference
Center for Bioethics Literature 800-633-3849; citations are printed offline and arrive
in about one week. Printed bibliographies on selected topics are available bimonthly
($10/topic, $60/complete package). BIOETHICSLINE citations Nor in print form
in the annual Bibliography of Bioethics ($25~.
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Reports
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Source: Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (BDDD), Center for
Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA
30333, 404-454-4706
Subject: Adverse reproductive outcomes, congenital malformations, genetic diseases,
and other diseases or conditions that originate before birth or that develop during
childhood.
Content: BDDD surveillance activities include the following programs. Metropolitan
Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) monitors occurrence of congenital
malformations (e.g., structural, chromosomal, or biochemical abnormalities) in Atlan-
ta-area hospitals and maintains a case registry for epidemiologic and genetic studies.
Birth Defects Monitoring Program (BDMP) monitors U.S. incidence of birth defects;
functions primarily as an early warning system for correlating incidence patterns with
temporal and geographic distribution of drugs, chemicals, other possible human te-
ratogens. Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program collects and analyzes data
on developmental disabilities in 10 year-olds in Atlanta area. Data include statistical
information for trend analysis and selected regional comparisons.
Compilation: MACDP initiated in 1967; BDMP initiated in 1975; Developmental
Disabilities Surveillance initiated in 1985. BDMP data gathered from hospital discharge
data on newborns. MACDP drawn from Atlanta-area hospital records. Disabilities
Surveillance Program drawn from educational and health care providers records.
MACDP updated monthly; BDMP updated quarterly. Surveillance reports published
. .
Intermittent Y
Access: Copies of Congenital Malformations Surveillance reports available upon request.
All data maintained in computer files is for access by CDC staff; no public use data tapes
available. Staff may prepare documents or data sets in response to justified individual
requests made directly to BDDD for specific data or information.
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BMEDSS (Biomedical Engineering Decision Support Services)
Source: Medical Engineering Department, Akron City Hospital, 525 East Market
Street, Akron, OH 44309-2090, 216-375-3501
Subject: Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and equipment. Designed primarily for
biomedical engineers, device/equipment manufacturers, purchasing agents, materiel
managers, biomedical research and teaching professionals.
Content: BMEDSS databases include FDA ENFORCEMENT REPORTS on medical
devices and lab reagents, FDA RECALL REPORTS on pharmaceuticals, FDA TALK
PAPERS, FDA MEDICAL DEVICE BULLETIN, FDA DEN (Device Experience
Network) and MDR (Medical Device Reporting) as formatted and coded by ECRI,
abstracts from Journal of Clinical Engineering from 1976 to present, abstracts of AAMI
(Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) publications including
National Standards and Recommended Practices, Technology Assessment Reports, Updates and
Information Reports, and Medical Instrumentation; ECRI databases including HDA
(Health Devices Alerts), abstracts and indexes of ECRI publications. Other services
include User Report Forum that allows device experiences to be entered onto FDA
DEN; Inventory Comparison Program permits in-house medical device inventories to
be compared to current FDA recall file and ECRI's HDA and DEN files and automati
cally flags recalled equipment; electronic mail and bulletin board.
Compilation: Information gathered from FDA sources, ECRI publications and data-
bases, professional journals, and other relevant publications. Databases updated
monthly. BMEDSS initiated in 1984.
Access: Databases available online through COMPUSERVE 800-848-8990; accessible
via modem from remote terminal. Charges are $50 subscription fee plus approximate-
ly $35/month and $35/connect hour, adjusted for usage. Special group rates available.
Connect cost varies with service used. Reprints of abstracts are available; contact
BMEDSS for further information.
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program
Source: Boston University Medical Center, 400 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA
02154, 617-890-1300. Supported by the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry.
Subject: Postmarketing drug surveillance.
Content: Program monitors clinical effects of drugs routinely prescribed to hospital-
ized and ambulatory-care patients. Database includes information on frequency and
importance of adverse drug reactions, adverse reaction rates, adverse reaction causa-
tion, assessment of adverse drug interactions, unsuspected drug side effects, drug
efficacy, and evaluation of the role of certain patient characteristics in influencing
clinical drug effects. Information is also available regarding drug utilization and pre-
vailing practices in drug therapy such as magnitude of drug use, frequencies of various
indications, utilization of specific drugs, and variability of utilization patterns by hospi-
tal and geographic area.
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INFORMATION AND DATA RESOURCES
Compilation: Program implemented in 1966. Studies use data from two primary
sources: drug use experience of 50,000 people hospitalized in one of eight hospitals in
the U.S., Canada, and Israel; and members of Group Health Cooperative of Puget
Sound (GHC) in Seattle, Washington. Hospital data include records of all drug expo-
sures and all adverse events at the selected hospitals. Automated data files received
from GHC on annual basis include all prescriptions and refills filled by GHC members
at one GHC pharmacy, hospitalizations of GHC members, and routine information on
GHC members.
Access: Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program (BCDSP) computer tapes are
not in the public domain. Contact BCDSP regarding access to data resources in
collaboration with BCDSP. Over 200 articles describing past BCDSP studies have been
published in various medical and professional journals. Reprints are available upon
request. Listing of publications is available in: Cohen, M.R. A Compilation of Abstracts
and Index Published by the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program
1966-1985. Hospital Pharmacy 21:497-559, 1986.
BPS/SEARCH
Source: BRS Information Technologies, 1200 Route 7, Latham, NY 12110, 800-345-
4277
Subject: Health, medicine, pharmacology, biosciences, science and technology, educa-
tion, business and finance, social sciences, politics, humanities.
Content: BPS/SEARCH Service includes over 90 multidisciplinary databases. Among
those relevant to medical technology are MEDLINE, HEALTH, PDQ,
HEALTHLAWYER, DRUG INFORMATION FULL TEXT (full-text information
on current and investigational drugs, including research, treatment, and pharmacolog-
ical practice), INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL ABSTRACTS (indexes
and abstracts from international pharmaceutical and health-related journals, covering
drug development, use, and professional pharmaceutical practice), DIOGENES (FDA
Medical Device Reporting, other regulatory information), EMBASE (from Excerpta
Medica; references and summaries of international medical literature covering bio-
medicine, health, and health care management), IRCS MEDICAL SCIENCE DATA-
BASE (full-text articles on biomedical research). Many databases provide bibliographic
citations, many include abstracts; others provide complete document texts; most are
indexed by title, subject, author, publication date. Monthly BRS Bulletin provides
information on new databases, developments, and features.
Compilation: Databases are compiled from journal articles, books, periodicals, disser-
tations, monographs, government reports, corporate reports, newspaper articles. Most
references are updated monthly; newspaper files are updated daily.
Access: Databases available online; accessible via modem from remote terminal
through TELENET, TYMNET, OCLC GATEWAY, IN-WATS, direct dial. Outside
U.S. and Canada, accessed through BRSNET. Online or offline document printing.
Subscription required. Two basic subscription plans offered: ( 1 ) basic plan allows access
to BRS on an as-needed basis; annual password fee ($751; connect cost ($25/hour plus
database royalties), telecommunications, and document charges; (2) advance purchase
plan provides volume discounts; a variety of subscription levels available. User manual
($45), database guides ($5 each), database summaries, and catalog available to subscrib-
ers. Training seminars offered in BPS/SEARCH features and search procedures.
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DIRECTORY
Access: Annual subscription for printed versions is $2,525 from U.S. office; subscrip-
tions elsewhere available from Head office. PHARMAPROJECTS ONLINE available
in U.S. on Data-Star via modem from remote terminal through TELENET, TYM-
NET, AS-NET; available on other networks in other countries. Online access cost
approximately $-110/hour plus $0.55/record for printed version subscribers and $30/
record for nonsubscribers; discounts available. Call 800-221-7754 for further informa-
tion about access and use of Data-Star.
POPLINE (Population information Online)
Source: MEDLARS Management Section, National Library of Medicine (NLM), Build-
ing 38, Room 4N421, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, 800-638-8480, 301-
496-6193 in Maryland.
Subject: Population issues and family planning.
Content: Database includes bibliographic citations and abstracts to documents relevant
to human fertility, contraceptive methods, community-based services, program evalua-
tion, demography, censuses, vital statistics, and related health, law and policy issues. See
MEDLINE description for listing of NLM MEDLARS databases.
Compilation: Compiled from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and
unpublished works. Coverage 1970 to present; selected citations date back to 1886.
Updated monthly with approximately 10,000 citations added annually. POPLINE
produced in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University Population Information
Program, Columbia University Center for Population and Family Health, Princeton
University Population Index Library/Information Program, and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center; supported by U.S. Agency
for International Development and National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development.
Access: Available online at any time through NLM MEDLARS computer system to
more than 6,000 online centers in hospitals, medical schools, universities, government
agencies, commercial firms, and other organizations throughout U.S., as well as MED-
LARS centers located in 13 other countries. Also accessible via modem from remote
terminal through TELENET, TYMNET, direct dial. Connect cost averages $22/hour
peak time, $15/hour off-peak.
Product Development Directory, Product SOS
Source: Medical Device Register, Inc., 655 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT
06901, 800-222-3045, 203-348-6319 in Connecticut
Subject: Non-drug medical products and product safety problems.
Content: Product Development Directory indexes 40,000 510(k) filings on medical prod-
ucts approved by the FDA since 1976, organized by product category. Product approv-
als arranged historically within product category by FDA approval date; manufacturer
and name of product approved are listed. Product SOS (Situation Occurrence Service)
presents information on medical product problem reports. 1986 edition includes more
than 3,000 user reports from DEN (Device Experience Network of FDA) for 1985 and
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22,000 reports from MDR (Medical Device Reporting regulations of FDA) from begin-
ning of MDR in December 1984 through first quarter of 1987. Included with 1986
edition are bimonthly alerts on new problems as they are reported.
Compilation: information is gathered primarily from FDA sources, which delete
certain confidential trade, commercial, financial, personnel, medical, and patient infor-
mation. Product Development Directory was first issued in [anuary 1987. Product SOS
updated regularly.
Access: Product Development Directory price $87; Product SOS (1986 edition) price $360.
Detailed documents, FDA 5 lO(k) filings on each product may be obtained from Medi-
cal Device Register or FDA.
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials Report Collection
Source: Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Hunting-
ton Avenue, Kresge 4th Floor, Boston, MA 021 15, 617-732-1090
Subject: Randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs.
Content: Database contains approximately 8,000 articles describing RCTs, quality
assessments and meta-analyses in various fields, and methodological books and articles.
Contents partially indexed.
Compilation: Collection activities initiated in 1973. Information gathered through
published and unpublished literature searches. Five to ten papers or abstracts based on
the collection published yearly.
Access: Collection partially supported by NLM. Database currently not machine-
readable. Contact source for further information about access to collection.
Report on Cost-Effective Products and Technologies
Source: Friedman, Eisenstein, Raemer, and Schwartz (FER&S', Certified Public Ac-
countants/Business and Personal Consultants, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
IL 6061 1, 312-644-6000
Subject: Cost-effectiveness of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, medical services, and
other health care products. Designed for hospital administrators, medical directors,
and other health care facility and industry managers.
Content: Each report provides synopses of cost-effectiveness analyses of up to five
medical products. Each synopsis describes the product, how it is used, and applicable
diagnosis-related group (DRG) where appropriate. Study results and analysis are
presented. Features of analysis discussed are product orientation (beneficiary of prod-
uct's cost-effectiveness), study objectives, study methodology, production relationships
(impact of product application on other labor, supply, equipment, and overhead
resources), cost identification, differential benefit identification (product's cost-effec-
tiveness versus alternative product-type or technique), and factors affecting study's
scope and validity. Independent organization conducting or reviewing study and
contact person at medical product company are identified.
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Compilation: Medical product and pharmaceutical companies submit cost-effective-
ness analyses of their products to FERNS. Studies to be included in report are reviewed
to determine whether they are methodologically valid, were conducted or reviewed by
an independent third party, and involve an FDA-approved product. First report issued
in October 1986; subsequent reports published quarterly.
Access: Reports routinely distributed to selected hospital administrators nationwide.
Copies of reports available upon request.
S.
crlp
Source: U.S. Office: Scrip World Pharmaceutical News, 1775 Broadway, Suite 511,
New York, NY, 10019, 212-262-8230. Head of rice: Scrip 18/20 Hill Rise, Richmond,
Surrey, TWIG 6UA, United Kingdom, (44-1) 94-83-26-2
Subject: Pharmaceutical industry news, ~nc~uc~ng International industry, regulatory
environment, development of new products, and company affairs.
Content: 20-28 page newsletter on pharmaceutical products, finance, world news and
markets, company news, advertising. Among other Scrip reports are Scrip Yearbook;
Scrap's Pharmaceutical Company League Tables; New Product Reviews; monographs on such
subjects as biotechnology companies, product liability, European drug registration,
Japanese companies; and monographs on product types such as cardiovascular, che-
motherapy, thrombolytics, and asthma. Scrip provides copies of selected FDA Summa-
ry Bases of Approval reports, and recent FDA guidelines for new drug applications.
The Scrip database PHIND (Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industries News Data-
base) is available online. It includes the text from Scrip and other publications in two
files; PHID is updated daily, and PHIN contains Scrip archival material up to three
weeks prior to the current date.
Compilation: Scrip is published twice a week; 100 issues/year. PHIND is updated daily.
Compiled from medical and scientific publications, brokers' reports, company annual
reports, conference papers, and direct contacts with companies.
Access: Annual Scrip subscription $523; $282 for additional copies sent in same
envelope. PHIND is available in U.S. on Data-Star via modem from personal computer
through TELENET, TYMNET, AS-NET; available on other networks in other coun-
tries. PHIND online access costs approximately $ 110/hour, $ 1.55/current article, $0.35/
back article. Call 800-221-7754 for further information about access and use of Data-
Star.
SEER (SurveilIance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program)
Source: Surveillance and Operations Research Branch, Blair Building, Room 532,
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-
4200, 301-427-8829
Subject: Cancer surveillance and epidemiology.
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Content: Database provides statistical data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
in about 10 percent of the U.S. population; based on several defined geographic areas:
Connecticut, Iowa, Detroit, Atlanta and four rural counties in Georgia, Utah, Hawaii,
New Mexico and Arizona Native Americans, San Francisco, Seattle, New Jersey, and
Puerto Rico. Serves as basis for cancer research, cancer prevention and control research
program evaluation. Data include cancer site, year of diagnosis, diagnostic procedures,
histology, staging, treatment regimen and date initiated, follow up, i.e., date and cause
of death or vital status, patient demographics. SEER issues Annual Cancer Statistics
Review and reprints of monographs and numerous journal articles that detail research
findings and examine other relevant topics.
Compilation: Program activities initiated in 1973; 1 million records are on file. Infor-
mation gathered from hospital/medical records and pathology reports of cancer cases.
Access: Published SEER reports are available from source upon request; some are also
available from U.S. Government Printing Office 202-783-3238. Requests for public use
data tapes and for special data runs must be justified in writing. Online access to
database is available to NIH users only.
SPRILINE
Source: Library and Research Report Bank, Swedish Planning and Rationalization
Institute for the Health Services (SARI), Box 27310, S- 102 54, Stockholm, Sweden, (46-
8) 63-05-60
Subject: Health services administration and planning, health economics, health per-
sonnel, health statistics, hospital construction, hospital equipment, hospital supplies,
medical ethics, medical technology, nursing, social services.
Content: Interactive online bibliographic database and library system includes refer-
ences to literature, reports, organizations, and individuals; Swedish health services
data; information on surveys and pilot projects. SPRILINE database includes 13,000
records of books, journal articles, and unpublished research reports on Swedish health
care from Research Report Bank. About 15 percent of the records are from English
language sources. All records for journal articles and research reports contain an
abstract; searches can be made using free-text technique or controlled terms from
thesaurus, which covers 1,200 Swedish indexing terms. Author, title, abstract,
keywords, corporative author, publication year, serial title, and language fields may be
searched. Printed products include indexes of books and journals, unpublished re-
search reports, annual catalog of research report bank holdings, bibliography of pri-
mary care. Subject-coded references of recently acquired books and journal articles are
mailed 10 times/year to public health agencies and medical libraries in Sweden and
abroad, including the American Hospital Association and the National Library of
Medicine. Information about new acquisitions is published in news bulletin Spry Infor
merar.
Compilation: More than 3,000 records are added each year, including 1,300 books,
1,000 journal articles, and 700 research reports. System is linked to other libraries in
Sweden, and participates in the HECLINET (Health Care Literature Information
Network) European documentation service. SPRILINE has been available for online
searching since 1984.
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Access: User ID and password are available from source. SPRILINE is available online
via modem from remote terminals all hours except 2am-4am Wednesdays and Fridays.
Telephone inquiries accepted 9am-3pm weekdays. Document delivery service supplies
copies of journal articles and lends books and reports; document requests can be made
online via electronic mailbox, mail, and telephone. Except for a nominal fee for
multiple photocopies, SPRILINE has no access charges.
Technical Data Center
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N2439, Washington, DC 20210,202-523-
9700
Subject: Occupational safety and health, including biochemistry, analytical chemistry,
biology, physiology, industrial toxicology, sampling and analysis, ergonomics, engi-
neering, health physics, radiology, industrial medicine and health, environmental
health, industrial hygiene, sanitation, and safety.
Content: TDC collection contains books and monographs (approximately 5,000), ency-
clopedias, subject and language dictionaries, various specialized guides, and approxi-
mately 250 technical journals; complete list of journals and years covered is available.
Available on microfiche: dissertations, abstracts, standards material, product catalogs,
back issues of the Federal Register, technical papers, reports, publications, material safety
data sheets, and numerous publications from government agencies, e.g., National
Bureau of Standards, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. TDC
docket office maintains collection of OSHA rulemaking files, as well as transcripts of
advisory committee meetings and impact statements. In-house computerized database,
Technical Information Retrieval System includes docket office files, TDC collection,
and card catalog. TDC distributes monthly compendium of table of contents of recent
journals and publishes quarterly TDC Information and Insight Bulletin. Subject bibliogra-
phies prepared through manual and online searches available upon written request.
Compilation: TDC established in 1972. Collection compiled of published and unpub-
lished documents acquired from various federal agencies, private industry, research
organizations, and private standards setting organizations. Technical Information Re-
trieval System created in 1983; updated continuously. Subject bibliographies updated
quarterly.
Access: Information regarding the use of Technical Data Center (TDC) reference
materials and services is available upon request. In-house database may be used free of
charge. TDC resources committed primarily to meeting needs of OSHA program
activities in national office and field offices; however, non-government personnel may
use center during office hours for reference purposes.
U.S. Industrial Outlook
Source: Industry Publications Division, Office of Industrial Assessment, International
Trade Administration, Trade Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, 202-377-4356
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Subject: Economic data and analyses of specific U.S. industries, including drugs,
medical and dental instruments and supplies, and health and medical services.
Content: Each of nearly 70 chapters in this annual volume covers one or more Stan-
dard Industrial Classifications (SICs) of industry types. Chapters generally address
each SIC's current situation, outlook for that year, and long-term prospects. Historical
trends are given for each industry and type of product, and for international trade.
Chapters relevant to medical technology include drugs (covering SICs for biologicals,
medicinals and botanicals, and pharmaceutical preparations), medical and dental in-
struments and supplies (x-ray and electromedical equipment, surgical and medical
instruments, surgical appliances and supplies, and dental equipment and supplies), and
health and medical services. Chapters address such topics as industry production levels,
domestic and foreign-based R&D expenditures, levels of innovation, international
competition, areas of new product development, and impact of government regula-
tions and policies.
Compilation: Published annually. The edition for any given year is written during the
third quarter of the previous year, based on data that are generally two years old. Data
for the intervening years are estimated, and data for the current year are forecasts.
Data are compiled from Bureau of the Census sources, as well as other government and
private sector sources appropriate for each industry.
Access: Can be purchased for $24 from U.S. Government Printing Office 202-783-
3238, (order 003-008-00200-51; U.S. Department of Commerce federal bookstore; or
local Commerce district offices. Inquiries about the content of the volume may be
directed to the industry specialist whose name and telephone number appears at the
end of each chapter or section.
WHO/:~INFO Database on Health Technology Assessment
Source: joint effort of Department of Computer and Information Science and Center
for Medical Technology Assessment, Linkoping University, S-581 83 Linkoping, Swe-
den, (46-13) 28-19-69; and Regional Office for Europe, Hospital Programme, World
Health Organization, 8 Scherf~gsvej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, (45- 1) 29-06- 1-9
.
Subject: Organizational based information about health technology assessment activi-
ties and reports.
Content: Information collected from more than 140 primarily European organiza-
tions. Records for descriptions of each assessment program include program name,
contact person, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, type of institution
(university, research institute, professional association, etc.), staff size, how assessments
are initiated, types of technologies assessed (e.g., drugs, devices, procedures, etc.), list of
assessments carried out, means of report dissemination, other services, organizational
databases and means of accessing them, and availability of annual report. First product
of information base is WHOILINFO Directory, in which program descriptions are ar-
ranged by country and by type of technology usually assessed. Assessment reports
records to include author, title, keywords or other indexing terms, abstract, and other
bibliographic information.
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Compilation: Database compiled by surveys of health related programs in Europe,
Australia, Canada, and U.S. Planning and organizational based information collection
initiated in late 1986; collection of bibliographic information for assessment reports
initiated in 1987. Planning underway to initiate WHO/LINNET, a user network based
on WHO/LINFO database.
Access: WHO/LINFO directory available from Linkping sources.
World Health Organization Publications
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, (41-21) 91-
21-1 1
Subject: Public health, including epidemiological data and statistical indicators.
Content: Books, reports, monographs, periodicals covering such topics as biologicals,
pharmaceuticals, radiation and health, laboratories, health systems development, hos-
pitals and health care facilities, human rights and medical ethics, immunology and
immunization, health economics and expenditures, health statistics, cancer, cardiovas-
cular diseases, chronic diseases, environmental health, health of the elderly. Public
Health Papers focuses on modern trends and changing concepts in public health,
Technical Report Series covers consensus findings and recommendations on medical and
public health issues, quarterly journal World Health Forum presents new concepts in
public health and new approaches to health problems, bimonthly Bulletin of the World
Health Organization reviews progress in medical and related scientific research, World
Health Statistics Quarterly assesses health situation worldwide and projects future trends,
Weekly Epidemiolog~cal Record contains notifications of diseases and epidemiological data
on diseases of international importance. Others include numerous regional publica-
tions, publications of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and publica-
tions of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences. Catalog
contains author and subject index.
Compilation: WEIO activities initiated in 1948. Information gathered from WHO
programs, activities, and consensus reports of international groups of experts. WHO
reports published continuously; new books featured in catalog issued every six months.
Access: Catalog of publications available upon request.
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SUBJECT INDEX TO INFORMATION AND DATA RESOURCES
Academic health services
Directory of Health Services Research Organi-
zations
Alcohol
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Ad-
ministration Publications and Data
Ambulatory medical care
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
Behavioral risk factors
Center for Health Promotion and Education
Biomedical engineering
BMEDSS
Market Research Reports
Multi-Client Reports
Bioethics
BIOETHICSLINE
SPRILINE
Birth defects
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Reports
Blood diseases
NHLBI Publications
Blood resources
NHLBI Publications
Cancer
CANCERLIT
CLINPROT
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Database
PDQ
SEER
Cardiovascular diseases
NHLBI Publications
Chronic diseases
Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences Re-
ports
Cholesterol
National Cholesterol Education Program/
NHLBI Smoking Education Program Infor-
mation Center
Clinical trials
CLINPROT
Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials
PDQ
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials Report
Collection
Cost effectiveness
Report on Cost-Effective Products and Tech-
nologies
CPT-4 codes
AMA/NET
Current awareness services
AMA/NET
BRS
FDA Bulletin Board
F-D-C Reports
Futures Program
Health Devices Alerts
MEDLINE
NEXIS
Scrip
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Database utilities
BRS
COLLEAGUE
DIALOG
MEDLINK
Developmental disabilities
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Reports
Diagnosis
INTERNIST 1/Quick Medical Reference
Disasters
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects Re
ports
DRGs
Baseline Reports
Drug abuse
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Ad
ministration Publications and Data
Drug utilization review
SEE Pharmaceuticals
Environmental health
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects Re
ports Health planning
Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences Re- HEALTH
ports
Technical Data Center
Evaluation studies
Compendium of HHS Evaluations and Rele
vant Other Studies
Expert systems
INTERNIST 1/Quick Medical Reference
Family planning
National Center for Health Statistics Publica
tions and Data
POPLINE
Genetic diseases
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Report
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Health administration
HEALTH
SPRILINE
Health care delivery
AMA/NET
HEALTH
National Reference File
Health care data
SEE ALSO Hospital data, Patient data
Abstracts of Health Care Machine-Readable
Data Files
NAHDO Resource Manual
National Reference File
Health care economics
Baseline Reports
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
Health care product manufacturers
Health Devices Sourcebook
Medical Device Register
National Reference File
Pharmaprojects
Help
U.S. Industrial Outlook
Health policy
BIOETHICSLINE
Current Assessments, New Technology Ab-
stracts
Directory of University-Based Health Services
and Policy Research Centers
Health promotion
Center for Health Promotion and Education
HEALTH
High Blood Pressure Information Center
National Cholesterol Education Program/
NHLBI Smoking Education Program
Information Center
Health services research
Current Assessments, New Technology Ab-
stracts
Directory of Health Services Research
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Health statistics
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
World Health Organization Publications
High blood pressure
High Blood Pressure Information Center
Hospital data
SEE ALSO Health care data, Patient data
Baseline Reports
CHPA Files
NAHDO Resource Manual
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
Hospital supplies
IMS Audits
SP1lILINE
Hospitals
HEALTH
HECLINET
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
SPRILINE
Internal medicine
INTERNIST 1/Quick Medical Reference
International health
World Health Organization Publications
Laboratory products
BMEDSS
Device Experience Network
IMS Audits
Market Research Reports
Medical Device and Laboratory Product Prob-
lem Reporting Program
Medical Device Reporting
Report on Cost-Effective Products and Tech-
nologies
Legal issues
BIOETHICSLINE
HEALTHLAWYER
Market research
Futures Program
IMS Audits
International Market Research Studies
Market Research Reports
Market/Technology Reports
Multi-Client Reports
fed -
~crlp
U.S. Industrial Outlook
Medical appropriateness
HIAA Medical Appropriateness Compilation
National Reference File
Medical devices
BMEDSS
Device Experience Network
FDA Bulletin Board
Health Devices Alerts
Health Devices Sourcebook
Market Research Reports
Medical Device and Laboratory Product Prob-
lem Reporting Program
Medical Device Register
Product Development Directory/Product SOS
Report on Cost-Effective Products and Tech-
nologies
Medical practice variations
CCC Bibliography on Regional Variations in
Health Care
IMS Audits
National Reference File
Medical technology assessments
Current Assessments, New Technolgy Abstracts
WHO/LINFO Database on Health Technology
Assessment
Medicine (General)
AMA/NET
BRS
COLLEAGUE
DIALOG
MEDIS
MEDLINE
Mental health
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Ad-
ministration Publications and Data
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Nutrition
Center for Health Promotion and Education
National Center for Health Statistics Publica
tions and Data
Occupational safety and health
Technical Data Center
Organizational directories
Directory of Health Services Research
Organizations
DIRLINE
Health Devices Sourcebook Pulmonary diseases
Health Information Resources in the Federal NHLBI Publications
Government
Patents
CASSIS
Patient data
SEE ALSO Health care data, Hospital data
Baseline Reports
CPHA Files
Patient discharge
SEE Hospital data
Perinatal medicine
Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials
Pharmaceuticals
BMEDSS
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Pro
gram
COMPASS
Drug Problem Reporting Program
FDA Bulletin Board
F-D-C Reports
IMS Audits
Market Research Reports
Pharmaprojects
Report on Cost-Effective Products and Tech
nologies
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scalp
Population
POPLINE
Postmarketing surveillance
BMEDSS
Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Pro
gram
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COMPASS
Device Experience Network
Drug Product Reporting Program
Health Devices Alerts
Medical Device and Laboratory Product Prob-
lem Reporting Program
Medical Device Reporting
Product Development Directory/Product SOS
Public health
World Health Organization Publications
Registries
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Reports
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Database
Reproductive health
Center for Health Promotion and Education
Research programs
CRISP
Current Assessments, New Technology Ab-
stracts
IMPAC
National Technical Information Service Publi-
cations and Data
Smoking
National Cholesterol Education Program/
NHLBI Smoking Education Program In-
formation Center
Toxic agents
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects Re-
ports
Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences Re-
ports
Technical Data Center
Vital statistics
National Center for Health Statistics Publica-
tions and Data
Representative terms from entire chapter:
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